For years, Kesha has been the butt of jokes. According to the haters, she's everything vacuous, alcohol-fueled and materialistic about pop music — not an artist or a person to be respected. Despite the recent headlines that reveal she may have been victim of 10 years of coercion, manipulation and rape at the hands of her producer, Dr. Luke, the jokes haven't let up.

Insensitive tweets passing judgement have consumed the Internet since news of Kesha's lawsuit broke on Tuesday. Her vulnerable moment in the spotlight has become a portion of the Twitterati's chance to share its opinions on her music, her looks and her life choices. It's just another unfortunate example of how prevalent our society's rape culture is, and how poorly we handle such allegations from public figures.

Pop stars are people. Kesha may be the victim of emotional and sexual exploitation, and she does not deserve any of the following abuse or other common responses rape survivors get when they come forward.

1. "She's looking for attention."

I think #Kesha may be bitter that her time sorta came and went and she no longer is a #Popmusic "it girl" but #DrLuke did all he could!

Except that she's been suffering already, due in part to constant critical scrutiny.

2. "She was asking for it."

Is it bad to say that I think Kesha is lying about Dr.Luke and if it really happened she brought it upon herself...

No one is ever asking to be raped.

3. "She just wants attention."

Is Kesha that broke

There are literally a million reasons why a woman would come forward with allegations like this, but because pop music is a business, the first assumption some people make is that Kesha needed the attention and the money. That's absurd.

4. "This will be exciting."

Pretty excited about this new Kesha lawsuit....

As if this were just another song or album dropping, and not the health and safety of a woman's body.

5. "She's ruining her career by talking about this."

kesha ruining her already failing career one day at a time

Because a career of silence and suffering would clearly be preferable.

6. "She's too ugly to be sexually assaulted."

Kesha should be grateful a guy thought her pre op tranny good looks were worth risking his career and life over. Assaulted my ass.

Internet trolls will be Internet trolls, but kicking someone while he or she is down is still inexcusable.

7. "She's making it up."

Kesha is fulla shit she was blowing up phones lookin for that Molly Blow Etc That's on HER. Smearing Luke to get her music is her goal.

As if anyone but the people involved and a court of law could judge that.

8. "She's bad at music anyway."

Well hopefully this whole Kesha Dr. Luke thing means I don't have to hear the same terrible song written over and over again.

Under no circumstances is there a positive outcome to rape for anyone.

9. "I'm on his side."

I know this is a messy situation but I'm def buying your side of things @TheDoctorLuke #TeamDrLuke #Kesha saga continues

Like a public rape allegation is a competition.

10. Fortunately, some people get it.

Maybe Kesha didn't say it earlier because raping isn't well accepted in our society... I MEAN LOOK AT Y'ALL REACTIONS!

Kesha has nothing to gain and everything to lose from this. The implication that she's making it up is not only gross but illogical as well.

But the fact that any of these other explanations hold water for some people is disgusting. We shouldn't live in this kind of culture anymore — everyone deserves better.